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Sextus Empiricus

Against the Professors, Books I-VI of Against the Learned Section 14

Section 597 of 757

Canonical reference 5.14

Ancient Greek

Hermann Mutschmann and Jürgen Mau, editors · adversus-grc

οὐ μὴν ἀλλὰ καὶ ἑκάστου τούτων τῶν κέντρων τὸ μὲν προάγον ζῴδιον ἀπόκλιμα καλοῦσι, τὸ δὲ ἑπόμενον ἐπ- αναφοράν.

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Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11

Moreover, they call the sign preceding each of these centers a declining place, and the one following it a post-ascension.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11

Pour chacun de ces centres, ils appellent encore le signe qui précède «déclin», et celui qui suit «succédent».

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